San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-31
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

killed Stanley the last time.
DEATH has been making drafts upon
San Antonio's brains and business dur
ing the past year.
BULLDozNG Grand Army does not
pan out in Virginia any better than 1t
did quarter OF u century since.
Why is 1t that the newspaper that
tells the biggest lie always writes fact"
after it, just like an amen after
prayerp
The Houston Post remarks that the
Bayou city has more manufacturing than
any other two cities in Texas; but, wise
ly fOrgets to schedule.
The bullish and bearish reports about
the fruit crop lead to the suspicion that
some one 10 getting up corner on
canned fruit.
COLoROw may or may not be back up
on his reservation, but 1t Is quite eVl-
dent that the cowboys who shot his
sister we're the aggressors.
BEECHER had a favOrite saying-"The
masses against the classes the world
over" SO far the classes seem to have
got the mash on the masses.
The Galveston News shows one OF its
little hoofs in rising to remark that there
ia no better place on earth to sink north
ern capital than In Georgia.
"a YOUNG lady in Houston Is cOmpos-
ing Refrigerator march," Ii Houstons
march does not become refrigerated, the
Bayou city can stand the "Refrigerator
march"
The tabled star OF Bethlehem Is said
to be booked for an appearance in Texas
and the south generally this year. The
only star the Alamo city takes stock In
Is the Lone Star"
The democracy are hedging. They
confess that Grover Cleveland may de-
feat himself for president. This is the
belief Of all republicans. His defeat will
come upon his own record.
CHICAGO drops another game to Wash
ingtOn and sees the probabilities OF
taking that diamond penant growing
smaller by degrees and beautifully less.
The city by the straits puts Anson In
straits.
GALVESTON Is not nearly so harmOni-
GUS over her sea-wall measure As this
city Is over her local improvement"
schemes. Alamo will get there after q
while with patience, perseverance and
plenty OF press punching.
MINNEAPOLIS is nearly doubling her
milling output OF one year ago. The
stream Of flour will turn many MinnesO-
ia steps southwark this winter, and into
whose Golfers will that golden stream
run?
1T seems that Salisbury, the TichbOrne
claimant, Sir Colin Campbell and the
Pail Mall Gazette combined cannot raise
sheOl enough in England, and new
journal has been projected to be called
''Lucifer." o, how art thou fallen,
Lucifer, Son Of the Morning?
CURSED are the splitters, for they shall
be split. This is true of both the labor
aud prohibition parties. The labor party
Ia Union" versus United" The pro-
hibition party has an otlshoot demand
ing prohibition Of profanity and COM
pulsory lives Of purity and church going.
New BRAUNFELs grows generous and
talks OF establishing waterwOrks for the
supply of the Alamo city when our river
utilized, perhaps, In the year of our
the same, for the offer.
A. w. COLE, presumably blood rela-
ton of "Old King Cole" that "merry old
SOUL" who announces himself as one OF
the fathers OF the republican party, is out
in card swearing allegiance to the
Cuit te LaDoL P"tty. Il. is S"ilic'e"' u
say 'haI he ha'ls iIou DuHaio'
PBNsIONER BLACK wants to second the
list OF democratic candidates. lie
linaglneS 'nAt OeGause ne draws Iat pen
sloil Hnu h"s oaoNInS y, ."enty ono
Notee inlne 8Iah1 Amy tnat ne GoulI car
Ine EeLeiauS Iui nIS lha''ei' p'soh Is
very oIacN sneeP Ill tue " a. n h"ch'
SENATOR SHERMAN gives an unqualified
denial to the reported interview be-
tween himself and Dominion official
concerning Canadian fisheries question.
The inVerview took place In the brain
OF democratic correspondent and not
III o"n"u"'
IHE army officer who wished to die
decently and drew on his gloves when he
found that he was surrounded and
death was Inevitable, hnds his counter
part In the English gentleman who
refused to take OIL his gloves when TAX
Ing oath In an English court of Justice.
The judge finally decided that man
might swear good oath II he was not
"arehahueu'
Now that Texas ia receiving the
showers che so much needs, and water
becomes plenty, the citizens of Medina
county should have general scrubbiDg
and do their duty on the editors of the
News and the Anvil. Both of them want
washing badly, or at least their beds do,
for their respective sheets are dirty.
A New York yachtsman has en-
tered into his closet, shut his door and
figured out the speed OF yachts for the
past semi-decsde. His fine spun theories
ON dry land vnvanaa ahnW rho NnluRtaar